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Headed for Charlottesville
Title:  Headed for Charlottesville
Description:  A westbuond C&O train on Southern trackage rights passes Alexandria. The train will run on the SOU to Orange, where it will gain its own rails to head for a crossing of this line at Charlottesville.
Photo Date:  7/15/1983  Upload Date: 11/17/2013 3:19:34 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CO 4268(GP40-2) CO 4412(GP40-2) CO 8235(B30-7)
Views:  1373   Comments: 0
C&O train passes the platforms
Title:  C&O train passes the platforms
Description:  While sitting at the Alexandria Amtrak station, I egcountered this C&O train in full Chessie paint just as the light faded.
Photo Date:  7/16/1983  Upload Date: 8/20/2011 2:12:30 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CO 4268(GP40-2) CO 4412(GP40-2) CO 8235(B30-7)
Views:  1142   Comments: 0
GEs
Title:  GEs
Description:  C&O had a fair number of GEs, but they were still a distinct minority on the roster. I caught them whenever I could, such as these. Who knew, 20 years later, they would be everywhere on the system.
Photo Date:  1/28/1985  Upload Date: 9/24/2014 3:02:10 AM
Location:  Montgomery, WV
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CO 8291(B30-7) CO 8245(B30-7)
Views:  950   Comments: 0
Orange Blossoms
Title:  Orange Blossoms
Description:  The Orange Blossom Special, a priority train, rolls past Collier yard behind a typical run through set of Chessie power.
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/12/2014 1:29:59 AM
Location:  Collier Yard, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BO 4255(GP40-2) CO 4263(GP40-2) CO 8250(B30-7)
Views:  968   Comments: 0


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